Engine cooling and HVAC system supplier Behr is expanding its North American headquarters in Troy, Michigan, writes Mark Wilkinson.
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The company is adding a 10,000 sq-ft office facility to house North American human resources, purchasing and accounting operations to cater for mushrooming interest in North America. This joins Behr’s award-winning ‘Best of Troy’ $US34 million technical centre that itself already covers 80,000 sq ft.
“The expansion of our Detroit-area headquarters and technical centre reflects the rapid growth of our business activities in North America,” said Behr America president Hans Lange.
Behr US sales recently nearly tripled from $230 million in 2001 to $684 million in 2002 following the company’s acquisition of DaimlerChrysler’s Ohio-based Dayton Thermal Products operations.
Behr will also open a $15 million climatic wind tunnel in Troy in spring 2004. This follows the design of the company’s Stuttgart tunnel (opened in 2000) and was shown to journalists on a press tour hosted by the Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation (WRS) this week.
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By GlobalDataThe Troy tunnel improves on the German model by increasing air speeds for testing cars and trucks to 200km/h and 120km/h, respectively (Stuttgart manages 130km/h and 80km/h). This gives it the ability to test heating and cooling systems on all classes of light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles.
